This was a first year project in my computer architecture module.
This editor, like many-other UNIX command-line editors, provides a command-line user interface and allows the user to display and operate on files in their current working directory.
- File operations: creating, copying, deleting, saving, and displaying them on a user-interface.
- Line operations: Real-time editing- insertion and deletion.
- Creates log files for each file edited and saved with the editor, accessible through command line flags.
- Additionally, provides a spelling check feature where misspellings are highlighted on the user-interface when the user presses
ctrl-f.
High level design
gcc -o editor editor.c spell.c dictionary.c -std=c99 -std=gnu99
./editor
notes:
./editor --help for control and flag information.
spell.c has a hardcoded definition that is the path to the "large.txt" file.
This is a dictionary. Please keep it in the same working directory as the editor
executable to avoid issues with the spelling checker feature.
/******************************************************************************
* Editor *
******************************************************************************/
CONTROLS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key meaning
ctrl-q quit
ctrl-x help message
ctrl-s save buffer
ctrl-k delete line
ctrl-h delete a characters
ctrl-f spell checker
ctrl-c copy file
ctrl-d delete file
COMMAND LINE FLAGS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
flag meaning
--help view this file
--append <filname> string append a string to filename.txt
--log <filename> view the change log of filename.txt
This editor indeed was heavily inspired by the kilo editor and that has been referenced in my documentation.
Testing the editor:
